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Ok with a little bit of digging I have solved my own problem mostly.
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A serial line has only two ends, so it is fairly obvious where to send the packets. That is why a serial line doesn't have a MAC address. If it is a straight point-to-point connection like HDLC, there is no need for a MAC address 'cos you know to send the. Nov 16, 2006 Mac Pro 2.66Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.8) Powerbook G4 1.33Ghz. Nov 2, 2006 4:11 PM. You can also use minicom, a CLI app, to talk to the serial port. Zterm works great, but I thought it odd that I had to run ARD to get a desktop so I could run a terminal, esp from a remote site. Omissions and conduct of any third parties in connection.
Here is what I did and I hope it helps others.
- I purchased a keyspan model USA 19HS 9 pin USB to serial adaptor. I got mine from Wal-Mart on line because we live in a fairly rural area.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Keyspan-High-Speed-USB-Serial-Adapter-USA-19HS/5934005 - Downloaded and installed the Keyspan Serial Assistant software from macupdate http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/6292/keyspan-serial-assistant.
- Now plug in the new usb to serial adaptor. I don't think it matters what order but this worked for me.
- Doing a list of tty devices I found that there are two devices I can choose from. I simply chose the KeySerial1 device for no particular reason. As a side note these two devices should show up when you run the Keyspan network assistant.
Here is a list of my devices when I run the command 'ls /dev/tty*'/dev/tty.KeySerial1 /dev/tty.USA19Hfa13P1.1 - It is time to plug in the console cable to the console device. In my case a Cisco switch.
- Now open terminal and run the command 'screen /dev/tty.KeySerial1'
- This should connect you to the switch. I had to press enter a couple of times to get a response.
I was able to do everything I wanted to do. There is one little quirk where you cannot quit or exit a screen session without the process staying open. This means that you cannot open screen again until you have killed this session. I found the easiest way to do this is to run the command 'top' and find the PID number of the screen session. You can then run 'kill pid#' and that should effectively kill that running session. Maybe someone with a bigger brain can weigh in and help me with this last little bit. I hope this helps someone and please feel free to correct.
Mar 22, 2012 10:03 AM
Serial Console App For Mac
Connecting Two Macs With a Serial Connection Contents
Introduction One of the best things about Macs is that they all come with built in networking capabilities. This can take the form of an ethernet card but many older Macs don't have this. However, all Macs have a modem and printer serial port and it is very easy to just take a printer cable, stick it into the printer ports of each Mac, set up file sharing and you're away! This page is designed to help you with that task. Pros Why would you want to connect two Macs in this way? Here are a few ideas:
Cons There are a few reasons why you shouldn't use the printer cable method:
Procedure Now we're past all of the pros and cons, it is time to actually get on with connecting the Macs together. Requirements You need:
However, there are two types of networking software - Open Transport and the traditional networking software. Fortunately, they process is very similar for both but I will describe them separately. If one Mac is using OT and the other isn't, you can still network them. Just follow the instructions for your computer. Setting up the connection Open Transport
Your Mac is now ready for file sharing. Traditional Networking
Your Mac is now ready for file sharing Setting up File Sharing Fortunately this process is identical for both pieces of software. Note that if you simply want a network connection to link two applications (eg. games, FileMaker Pro databases) you already have that connection. File Sharing allows you to share files, it is one use you can make of the connection you have made.
Seeing the Other Mac At this stage, both Macs should have gone through the same process and should be at the same point. It is quite possible to only set up sharing on one Mac and then connect with the other though.
These are just the very basics of file sharing. There is a whole lot more but this was designed primarily as an introduction to networking two Macs rather than a guide to becoming a network manager. If you want to play around some more then use the AppleGuide which is very helpful in this respect. It can be quite fun to play network managers by creating users and groups, changing access privileges etc as it reminds you how easy to use the Mac is, even for something as complicated as networking. Troubleshooting So, you've gone through all of the instructions but it still wont work. Here is a list of things that may have gone wrong:
What Next? What else can you do with this feature?
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